"From the soft-focus sheen of the current Flotus to Nancy Reagan’s fashion-forward style, official White House photos reveal more than you might think…"

Tate goes queer to mark 50 years of the 1967 Sexual Offences Act.

What is a filibuster, and what's the "nuclear option"?

'What has stuck with me so clearly is how calmly Oliver took this news. It was as if he was expecting it, as perhaps he was. He sort of tilted his head and stroked his beard and asked about the prognosis, and the doctor said: “Six to 18 months.”'

“I’m not just a vicar’s daughter, I’m a member of the National Trust as well,” she said. “I don’t know what they are thinking about, frankly.”

'Apparently, 48% of people who buy vinyl records don’t actually listen to vinyl records. Weirder yet, 7% of people who buy vinyl records don’t even own a record player. What are people doing with all these unlistened-to vinyl albums? Melting them down and moulding them into fruit bowls? Making stupid hats?'

"It was during Livingstone’s time that London’s transport authorities stopped being a national joke, and started to become a system other cities would send delegations to study."

Ken Livingstone has been suspended for a year by Labour for bringing the party into disrepute with his controversial claims that Adolf Hitler had been a supporter of Zionism.

"The workplace may eventually only serve the purpose of maintaining social network between colleagues."

"Although Google is suing Uber for the alleged theft of its lidar design, it does not seem to have helped Uber much as it appears to be by far the worst at autonomous driving."

"I bumped into David Bowie again when we did Top of the Pops in 1991. He said: 'What are you doing here?' I think he thought I was serving the tea. I said, 'I’ve got a hit record, you cheeky bugger!'"

"I can promise you it’s not women going into comic-book shops, sick of female characters. I can similarly promise you that people of colour are not entering comic-book shops and turning their noses up at faces that look like theirs. By even making remarks like these, Marvel is seemingly conceding that its target audience, its 'core' audience – and their 'core' characters – are white and male."

"I’ve lived in six countries on four continents. And it’s clear that even compared to London, Vancouver is disengaged. People don’t call you back, people don’t invite you out, they don’t make eye contact."

For now Yingying can only read some Chinese characters and images and speak a few simple words, but Zheng plans to upgrade his “bride” to be able to walk and do household chores.

Fast food meets snail mail.